2026 AGS Genealogical Symposium
Land, Deeds, and Mapping
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Registration
Registration Deadline: August 10, 2026
Join us for
1. Land Grants in the Southeastern States
2. Finding and Understanding Deeds, and Using Them To Trace Land Ownership
3. Exhausted All the Deeds? Use Other Land Records to Uncover Even More Valuable Information
4. Using Maps and Mapping Software to Help Understand Your Ancestor's Time and Place
2. Finding and Understanding Deeds, and Using Them To Trace Land Ownership
3. Exhausted All the Deeds? Use Other Land Records to Uncover Even More Valuable Information
4. Using Maps and Mapping Software to Help Understand Your Ancestor's Time and Place
David M. McCorkle
David M. McCorkle is a land records expert with research experience in a wide variety of other records used by genealogists including court records, probate, colonial records, and governmental records. He has an extensive background in computer software, and has been working on using Artificial Intelligence tools to help researchers process evidence from these records in a more comprehensive and less time consuming manner.
David is President and founder of NC Historical Records Online (NCHRO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission to provide public online access to images of original records and other relevant information useful to researching North Carolina history and genealogy. He is President of the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society, Vice President of the Friends of the (NC) Archives, and on several other genealogy / history boards.
David is the creator and ongoing administrator of the free website NC Land Grant Images and Data http://nclandgrants.com . This website contains searchable records for all 200,000+ land grants issued by North Carolina since 1663, along with over a million high quality images of original records. Many of these records cannot be viewed anywhere else outside of the State Archives of NC.
David is an active genealogy lecturer, and has given lectures and workshops to national, state, and local genealogical and historical organizations, and well as corporate and government audiences. His topics include land grants, court records, digitization, maps, mapping tools, Artificial Intelligence, land records in general, DNA, land platting workshops, and introduction to genealogy. All of these projects along with his work with genealogical societies resulted in David receiving an award of merit in 2023 from the National Genealogical Society, as well as awards from the NC Genealogical Society and from local societies.
David is a native of North Carolina with deep roots on many lines dating back to the 1700s, primarily in the Mecklenburg County area. He wrote his first computer program in 1973, and has been working in the software industry for almost 50 years. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
David is President and founder of NC Historical Records Online (NCHRO), a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission to provide public online access to images of original records and other relevant information useful to researching North Carolina history and genealogy. He is President of the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society, Vice President of the Friends of the (NC) Archives, and on several other genealogy / history boards.
David is the creator and ongoing administrator of the free website NC Land Grant Images and Data http://nclandgrants.com . This website contains searchable records for all 200,000+ land grants issued by North Carolina since 1663, along with over a million high quality images of original records. Many of these records cannot be viewed anywhere else outside of the State Archives of NC.
David is an active genealogy lecturer, and has given lectures and workshops to national, state, and local genealogical and historical organizations, and well as corporate and government audiences. His topics include land grants, court records, digitization, maps, mapping tools, Artificial Intelligence, land records in general, DNA, land platting workshops, and introduction to genealogy. All of these projects along with his work with genealogical societies resulted in David receiving an award of merit in 2023 from the National Genealogical Society, as well as awards from the NC Genealogical Society and from local societies.
David is a native of North Carolina with deep roots on many lines dating back to the 1700s, primarily in the Mecklenburg County area. He wrote his first computer program in 1973, and has been working in the software industry for almost 50 years. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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$49.00
In-person at Brandon Wilde (includes choice of lunch & printed materials) All in-person attendees are required to check-in with Brandon Wilde for security reasons prior to checking in for the Symposium. This check-in process is available starting at 9:00 a.m. and the program will start at 10:00 a.m. promptly. Light refreshments will be available in the morning. For lunch, attendees have a choice of: Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Club Sandwich, BLT Sandwich, on white, wheat, or rye, or a Mediterranean Chicken Wrap.
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$34.00
Virtual Program at Home (includes digital delivery of materials) All virtual attendees may check-in via ZOOM starting at 9:45 a.m. The program will start at 10:00 a.m. promptly. |